Watermelons — Yield in Japan
Japan: Watermelons — Yield was 34,090 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Yield in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Japan recorded 34,090 kg/ha for watermelons — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Japan peaked at 35,336 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 18,397 kg/ha, in 1962.
Japan ranks 37th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Watermelons — Yield in Japan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,570 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,397 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1963 | 19,044 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 20,997 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1965 | 19,638 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 22,046 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1967 | 26,519 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1968 | 29,907 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1969 | 26,356 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1970 | 25,558 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 27,259 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 28,269 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 31,080 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1974 | 29,086 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1975 | 32,238 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1976 | 31,285 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 33,842 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 33,851 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 32,711 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 29,567 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1981 | 31,165 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 31,401 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 30,815 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 32,936 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 31,076 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 32,448 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 33,855 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 32,494 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 32,914 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 33,467 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 31,095 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 34,425 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1993 | 30,660 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1994 | 33,747 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 32,463 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 33,115 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 33,200 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 33,143 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 33,633 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 34,355 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 34,746 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 33,138 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 32,487 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 32,669 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 33,597 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 32,208 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 33,460 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 32,683 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 32,223 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 31,556 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 31,798 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 32,770 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 32,300 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 33,102 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 32,057 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 33,154 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 32,461 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 32,156 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 33,631 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 33,251 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 34,739 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 35,336 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 34,948 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 34,090 kg/ha | -2.5% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 34,090 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 27,749 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Japan's 34,090 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,172 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,719 kg/ha | 18,397 kg/ha | 29,907 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,518 kg/ha | 25,558 kg/ha | 33,851 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,867 kg/ha | 29,567 kg/ha | 33,855 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,895 kg/ha | 30,660 kg/ha | 34,425 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,157 kg/ha | 32,208 kg/ha | 34,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,498 kg/ha | 31,556 kg/ha | 33,631 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,473 kg/ha | 33,251 kg/ha | 35,336 kg/ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Japan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.51 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.8 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.358 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.86 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -3.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.4957 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Japan?
- Watermelons — yield in Japan was 34,090 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 35,336 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,397 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Japan rank for watermelons — yield?
- Japan ranks 37th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Watermelons — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.